Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Echinacea tennesseensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea tennesseensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Echinacea pallida var. tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Echinacea tennesseensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Echinacea pallida var. angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Echinacea angustifolia var. tennesseensis
COMMON NAME:
Tennessee Purple Coneflower, Tennessee Coneflower
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0924
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaves mostly basal, petioled, 4-8" long, narrow, without teeth, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0924b
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Herbage sparsely to densely hairy (indument relatively soft, hairs spreading), per Flora of North America.
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Sam Pratt sbp060421_image0
June Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Will Stuart wil_etennesseensis_1172
June Davidson County TN
Couchville Cedar Glade Recreation Area
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Will Stuart wil_etennesseensis_1182b
June Davidson County TN
Couchville Cedar Glade Recreation Area
Stem and leaves coarsely spreading-hairy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Will Stuart wil_etennesseensis_1182c
June Davidson County TN
Couchville Cedar Glade Recreation Area
Rays purplish to pinkish to white; disk dark purplish with yellow pollen, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Will Stuart wil_etennesseensis_1265
June Davidson County TN
Couchville Cedar Glade Recreation Area
Rays curved upward, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Echinacea tennesseensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea tennesseensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Echinacea pallida var. tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Echinacea tennesseensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Echinacea pallida var. angustifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Echinacea tennesseensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Echinacea angustifolia var. tennesseensis
2799
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous glades, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Tennessee
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Purplish to pink to white
Disc: Dark purplish (with yellow pollen)
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p124
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p291
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p340
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